Breathes there a man with soul
so dead, who never to himself hath said,"This is my own, my
native land."

Sir
Walter Scott

With growing interest in ancestral origins, Lynns or Linns also long
to know from whom and whence they came. For those who seek to
discover their Scottish and Ulster-Scottish forebears, many
questions arise. These pages will attempt to answer some of those
questions and clarify a few things which have been popularly
misunderstood. What exactly was the relationship between the
Lynns of that Ilk and the Boyds of Kilmarnock? Who were the
first Scottish Lynns in Ulster, Ireland? What of the "Laird of
Loch Lynn" who reportedly fathered Margaret Lynn Lewis, wife of the
founder of Staunton, Virginia? And what of Colonel Widney,
whose great-granddaughter Sarah married Hugh Linn of Ulster?
For that matter, is there a difference between the names Linn and
Lynn?